Boxing-glove.



Patented July 29, I902.

.1. GAMBLE.

BOXING GLOVE.

{Application filed Dec. 18. 1901.)

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JoiiN'oAMsLE; on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 'ASS'lGN OR' TQ GEORGE A.REACH, on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANFA.

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forming part of Patent No. 70 5,91 5, dated-July 29, 1902 dppllo'ationfiled December 18. 1901. Serial no. sense. mamas.)

, Be nation that I; .Ionn GAMBLE, a tut.

' zen'of theUn-ited'States, residing in Phila-v which thefollowing-isfaspecificatiom My invention relates to boxing-gloves andfthg/ object ofmyim'pro'vement is, to make'a well ven'tilated bo'xin'g-glove'that can be made tosn'ugly-fit any onenothaving a hand ofabnormal sizeor shape.- Ordinarily boxing-- gloves are made with nshort, V-shaped' vent f 1 or openingat the top of the inside wrist porrthe Wrist. This constructionissatisfaotory tion. This vent isclosednsnally by lacing it up, so as tomake the glove fit tightly aroundonly when the glove tits; the-hand sm-ugly; but when the-glove'is too.srfnall'it i's'uucomfortabl'e and hard to get into, and if it is alittle toolarge the padding soon begins to shift Rand et'ont or place-.-.To-overcome' I 'thefree ingress of air for the pi; rpose of ven-l andno single'one of the bones is likely to be of to the sides o'r edges ofthe glove. .The

these difiicu ties and-,to make a glove that will fit. snugly upon anyhand of normal'size' and shape, I make the inner or palm portion ofthe'. -glove'with a vent that extends from the wrist-almost tot-he endsof the fingers and provide it with suitablelacing holes and cord. Whenthe glove is made with this ex'- tended'vent, it can he laced to fitsnugly about any size of hand, andjthe long opening allows tilation;Lacing'the' glove to a snug-fit has the eflfect of "binding and holdingtogether all the bonesofthe haud so that the force of any blow'isdistributed over the'whole hand injured. I To relieve the muscularstrain incident to; holding the hand tightly closed, I

secure across the palm portion anadjHstable palm-grip that is fastenedat the ends theremiddleportion of the grip is left entirely free,

- so that it can be moved back or forward, as '45 Figure 13s ii thecounty of I Philadelphia and Stateoi' ennsylv'a'nia,haveinvented newanduseful mprovements in Boxing-Gloves, of,

, a viewof the-inside portion of a boxing-glove Fig. 2 is aside'or edgeview of the glove. Fig. 3 is a having my improvements therein.

partial. view of the inside of aboxing-gl'ove,

showing a. modified form-of the palm-grip,

A represents the outer or padded portion ofthe glove, made .in theordinary and having the usual thumb-stall.

B is the palni orinner portionof the glove, made with a vent extendingfrom the wrist portion down thronghthe palmgand almost to the ends ofthe'fingers. Thisvent is pro-' -'.vided with holes and a suitablelacing-cord.

' C is an adjustable palm-grip for grasping 'i'nthehan'dto relieve themuscular strain; Thisgrip is notjconnected to the palm of the gloveinany way, but is held in position,

preferably, by the elastic cord, or webbing 'D,. that passes through thecentral or middle per-- tio'niof'the grip and is secured at each endmanner thereof m ne sides or edges of the glove in the manner shown inFigs. land 2. The

justable sidewise, if desired.

The palm-grip shown in Fig.3 is. secured grip my befastened securely tothe elastic 'or left to. slide loosely over it, soas to be ad- 7 5.

directly tot-he edges'of the glove without any interveningelastic-portion. When made in this zwayyiit is desirable to makethe gripslightly longer than the width of the glove and have the ends thereofsomewhat tapering, so as to make it qnitenarrow or thin I where it isfastenedto the glove. This constrnction will give quite a wide rangeof'ad-' justrnent without the usev of the elastiowelr' him; or bordshown in Figs. ,1- and2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, Patent, is-

of, a longitudinal vent or opening, adapted to ends secured to saidglove; I

2. As an article of manufacture, a boxmgglove having its inner or palm.portion provided with a longitudinal vent or opening extending to apoint approximately midway be-.

i 1. A boxing-glove having in thepal'm there and desire to'seoure byLetters I00 tween thevbas'e of the fingers and the tips thereof, ,the'sides ofsaid opening being pr0- vided with closing means, vvhereby theglove may be adjusted to hands of difierent sizes,

so as to closely incase both the body of thehand and the fingersthereof.

3. As an article. of manufacture, a boxing glove having its inner orpalm portion provided with a longitudinal opening or vent extending fromthe top of the glove to'a point approximately midway between the base ofthe fingers and the tips thereof, said opening affording ventilation'forthe palm andfingers, and suitable lacing means for draw- 1 ing the edgesof the vent or opening together,

so as to adapt the glove to be drawn snugly around the body and fingersof the hand whether it be broad or narrow.

4. A boxing-glove having a palm-grip sethe inside of the glove and isfastened thereto only at the ends of the grip, substantially as shown.

6; A boxing-glove having therein an adjustable palm-grip that extendsloosely across i the inside of the glove, and is secured thereto throughan intermediate elastic portion at the two ends of the grip,substantially as shown.

7. A boxing-glove having an adjustable.

palm-grip that extends loosely across the inner portion of the glove,and is secured thereto by an elastic cord or connection that passesthrough the grip and is attached at the ends thereof to the side of theglove, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'JOHN GAMBLE.

Witnesses:

THOS. D. Mon DsQ SAML. F. KIRKPATRICK.

